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‘They paid for it with misery’: Q&A with Chile dam critic Jose Marihuan Ancanao

Dam construction ignites Indigenous youth movement in southern Chile

“Largest of its kind” dam in Cameroon faces backlash from unimpressed fishmongers

Cambodian mega dam’s resurrection on the Mekong ‘the beginning of the end’

In the Mekong Basin, an ‘unnecessary’ dam poses an outsized threat

‘Cursed’ dam project in orangutan habitat claims 16th life in less than 2 years

Small mammals stranded by hydropower dams die out surprisingly fast: Study

China-funded dam could disrupt key Argentine glaciers and biodiversity

The world’s dams: Doing major harm but a manageable problem?

Dams on Brazil’s Jamanxim River: The advancing assault on the environment and Indigenous peoples in the Tapajós basin (commentary)

AI model shows how Amazon dams can be made less environmentally damaging

EVs from Everest? Chinese lithium find in Himalayas raises concerns over water

Indigenous leader sues over Borneo natural capital deal

New map identifies risks, and potential sanctuaries, for Brazil’s diving duck

Cambodian dam a ‘disaster’ for local communities, rights group says

Planned dam in Philippine national park catches flak from activists, officials

Lessons from Brazil’s São Paulo droughts (commentary)

Amazon dams: No clean water, fish dying, then the pandemic came

Brazil’s Belo Monte Dam: Struggle for the Volta Grande enters a new phase (Commentary)

Rivers can be climate change solutions, too (commentary)

Amazon’s Belo Monte dam cuts Xingu River flow 85%; a crime, Indigenous say

‘The river will bleed red’: Indigenous Filipinos face down dam projects

Brazil’s Belo Monte Dam: Greenwashing contested (commentary)

Historical data point to ‘imminent extinction’ of Tapanuli orangutan

Ribeirinhos win right to waterside Amazon homeland lost to Belo Monte dam

Belo Monte dam’s water demands imperil Amazon communities, environment

Worker feared dead as landslide hits quake-prone dam in orangutan habitat

Brazil’s Bem Querer dam: An impending Amazon disaster (commentary)

Brazil’s Amazon dam plans: Ominous warnings of future destruction (commentary)

Why the health of the Amazon River matters to us all: An interview with Michael Goulding

Mercury from gold mining contaminates Amazon communities’ staple fish

Indonesia dam builder refuses new study to assess impact on orangutans

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